Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Notalee Orchards, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Notalee Orchards and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Notalee Orchards

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Notalee Orchards:
  • 34.878420, -84.005188
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Notalee Orchards

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Since Notalee Orchards is near Towns County and also Fannin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Towns County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Notalee Orchards

Curious and Interesting Names Near Notalee Orchards ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Canal Lake
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Canal Lake is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
• Ebenezer
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebenezer is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Hood ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hood is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
• Ivylog
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ivylog is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivylog
• Jones Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jones Creek is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
• Laura ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Laura is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
• Otto ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Otto is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
• Owltown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Owltown is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
  • Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
• Pleasant Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Pleasant Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Rogers ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rogers is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
• Youngcane ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Youngcane is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people

How Far From Notalee Orchards to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Notalee Orchards to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Notalee Orchards and extending to:

• Blairsville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the East.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Notalee Orchards to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 474 miles [762.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,077 miles [11,389.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,954 miles [7,972.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'